Weeds

I have a lot of weeds coming up between my paved back garden not a large area one I thought I could keep up with bending down pulling out etc, I now have to accept I am to old, at 83 and achy to keep on top of them and was considering the purchase of a (Small) about a gallon pressure effort.Has any one personal experience of these ? I do not want a state of the art thing just a cheapie that does the job with a minimum of effort, any ideas welcome.

 

Rosie, A one gallon flame gun, if that is what you are thinking about is HEAVY! If you want to go the flame gun route you'd probably be better with one that uses a gas cannister - very much cheaper and a lot lighter too.
An alternative and probably more effective strategy would be to use a weedkiller that kills the weeds and prevents re-germination. Path Clear would do it. I use a product called Pistol which is used by councils, it costs more to buy, but is very effective and works out cheaper in the long run.

 

Flame killer Oh No, just thought I could get pump spray thing, plastic to fill with some thing like Path clear that would give a continus spray as opposed to the little half pint hand held squirter bottles which always gives me cramp in my hand

 

A 5 litre sprayer like this one then.
http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garde...rs/Hozelock-Pressure-Sprayer-Plus-5L-12428578

 

Oh thank you Dave, That looks just the job, Have a B/Q just down the road will fetch one and while the weathers not bad will do it on Sunday. Then will retire indoors for the coming bad weather and make Christmas cake/mince meat.....The Pansies I planted in the hanging baskets purchased from the market few weeks ago are flowering well bit surprised as I don't usually get much joy from Pansies perhaps they like being in baskets! Thanks again.

 

Right then..Half fill it Spray when no breeze . I suppose weeds keep growing even when the frost finishes of every thing else. Label it Ha Ha !! there is only me that works around here!
Well in the garden any way. Just purchased some solar lights that work, from John Lewis . They certainly brighten things up a bit, They can also be charged up from a USB if they don't get enough sun so I have draped them around the hanging baskets that I filled with polyanthus just coming into flower shall have some thing cheerful to look at I hope in the murky days ahead.